Hi all, I'm a new user and I'm unsure if there's something I'm doing wrong but when I add an instance of Bias FX to the insert of a track, it works fine. I then pan it and move on to double track. However, as soon as I add Bias FX to the other track, it disappears off the first one. The only way I've found to make it work is to freeze the tracks, but this is hardly ideal...

Just to be clear, you are talking about the (IAA) Bias Fx, by Positive Grid? (Not JamUp)

If so, you are only able to load 1 single instance of 'Any' Inter App Audio (IAA) app.
This goes for any scenario, be it 'Standalone' or within a host such as Auria/Pro.
This limitation, is one of the reasons why Audio Unit (AUv3) is taking, and will take over - and very welcome it is.

Good-ish news is, the makers of Bias Fx, also do a plugin within Auria/Pro called 'JamUp', this may be what you need. You can then have as many instances as your Pad can handle.
Also within Auria there is a similar plugin, - Overloud's ’THM’. Both of these are available via IAP's in the Auria Store..

Yeah, I'm using Bias FX and have a couple of presets that include amp modifications from Bias. JamUp isn't really what I want to use as I also use Bias FX as my live guitar rig (through a Magnum44 poweramp and midi pedalboard into an iRig Pro) and Bias FX simply does much more. So right now the only solution is to freeze or print the tracks if I really want to use Bias FX? That kinda sucks big time...

There is nothing that the Auria developer could do to remedy this. IAA is an Apple standard, not Auria's. You should email Positive Grid and ask them to release update BIAS FX with AU support, so you can load multiple instances. Perhaps they will listen lots of users - you included - lobby for that.

Thanks guys, I guess in one way it will force me to commit to sounds/tones a lot more. I've always felt an "analysis paralysis" when working on the desktop, simply due to the amount of options always available to me. If needed I guess I can unfreeze tracks and try different options, it's just far from ideal of course. Does the IAP of JamUp Pro have this limitation? Though I'm not too keen about purchasing that and its IAP as I already have everything for Bias FX.

I'm sorry, but for hi-gain stuff, it's difficult to beat Bias FX (and Bias). Tonestack comes close, but as I wanted to use my iPad as my live amp rig with a midi pedal board (Magnum44 poweramp into Marshall 4x12), Tonestack had a noticeable silence between patch changes which was unacceptable.

niallobrien wrote:I'm sorry, but for hi-gain stuff, it's difficult to beat Bias FX (and Bias). Tonestack comes close, but as I wanted to use my iPad as my live amp rig with a midi pedal board (Magnum44 poweramp into Marshall 4x12), Tonestack had a noticeable silence between patch changes which was unacceptable.

I completely agree, except for Tonestack coming close. If it does, I've never been able to dial in a thrash tone with Tonestack, Amplitude, garageband, THM, Ampkit. JamUp was the only one before Bias I could get a thrash tone out of with little to no work. Amp one is prob. the only other app that I can achieve a thrashier tone.

Maybe it's possible to get metal out of Tonestack and THM, I love both of those. They do sound amazing. Especially the FX in Tonestack. But, with as easy as it is to dial in the tones I need in Bias FX, I don't want to screw around with my other apps, because it takes too long, and the result is a pretty cheesy metal tone. I'm talkin real metal, so ya, maybe other apps can get the "other" meetal sound. But non as far as I can tweak match Bias FX/Amp. Positive Grid has nailed this part.

I completely agree. At the time I was trying Tonestack, I was going for a Karnivool / Dead Letter Circus kinda tone (so lots of ambient effects, and hi-gain patches), but as I said, the noticeable gap when MIDI channel switching meant I couldn't use it for live purposes. Bias FX is perfect in this scenario; I've a modded FCB1010 floorboard (with the UNO chip) and basically have a live rig that can compete with an Axe FX or a Kemper for a fraction of the price. I must make a video on my setup sometime. Unfortunately there's a bug in Bias FX which doesn't allow me to use it much like most use an Axe FX (a signal split, one split with cab emulation to go to front of house, the other split without cab emulation to go into a poweramp & cab on stage). Details of that particular bug can be found here: https://youtu.be/-dIutCh4hDw
So I'm the meantime I just run the rig into a 4x12 on stage a mic that (typical setup) for front of house.

If you have the sound you like, then just commit and record it. I spent a lot of time mucking around with recording bare guitar, then trying to apply affects after. If you can get a good sound to start, just go with it. It's no easier to try and get it afterwards.